Without Backup Plans, Global IT Outages Will Happen Again July 22, 2024 By James Pearson Elements of Friday’s global IT outage, which grounded planes and hit services from banking to healthcare, have occurred before and...
What Is GPS Jamming and Why Is It an Aviation Problem? May 1, 2024 By Anne Kauranen, Joanna Plucinska and James Pearson Estonia has accused neighboring Russia of jamming GPS navigation devices in airspace above the Baltic states, echoing concerns from airlines...
What Is Volt Typhoon, the Hacking Group the FBI Warns Could Deal a ‘Devastating Blow’? April 22, 2024 By Raphael Satter and James Pearson China is developing the “ability to physically wreak havoc” on U.S. critical infrastructure and its hackers are waiting “for just...
US, UK Accuse China of Cyberespionage That Hit Millions of People March 26, 2024 By James Pearson, Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing U.S. and British officials on Monday filed charges, imposed sanctions, and accused Beijing of a sweeping cyberespionage campaign that allegedly...
‘Exit Scam’ – Hackers That Hit UnitedHealth Pull Disappearing Act March 7, 2024 By James Pearson and Christopher Bing The hackers responsible for the breach at UnitedHealth Group appear to have pulled a disappearing act on Tuesday, leaving their...
Lockbit Cybercrime Gang Says It Is Back Online Following Global Police Bust February 27, 2024 By James Pearson Lockbit, the cybercrime gang that was knocked offline by a comprehensive international police operation earlier this month, says it has...
Lockbit Hackers’ Swagger on Display After Police Leak Identities Online February 21, 2024 By Christopher Bing and James Pearson One of the world’s biggest criminal hacking gangs woke up on Tuesday to a startling discovery: Law enforcement, after taking...
Britain’s National Grid Drops China-Based Supplier Over Cyber Security Fears: FT December 18, 2023 By James Pearson and Alexander Marrow Britain’s National Grid has started removing components supplied by a unit of China-backed Nari Technology from the electricity transmission network...
Israeli Cyber Professionals Band Together to Fight Hacktivist Activity Amid Gaza War October 16, 2023 By Christopher Bing, Raphael Satter and James Pearson As Israeli children listened to their teacher over Zoom, the image of a gun-toting man in fatigues appeared on the...
Chinese Hackers Accessed Government Emails, Microsoft Says July 12, 2023 By James Pearson and Christopher Bing Chinese state-linked hackers since May have secretly accessed email accounts at around 25 organizations, including U.S. government accounts, in a...